The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-19
TIE PROHIBITION QUESTION.
4 Reply u "Prohibtisl" By = o. % ,rvativ,


n w EiAS IN lAalo~w.
6ls: Inaamteh Is tho fxrELLiarsc.u
has opened Ia column for FREQ di,cus.
'lon OF tho temperance question pro aud
con, In oil It's phases, and having road with
interest tho articles already publIshod,
venture a iow suggestions.
! lndote much that has been h.ated,
and Dissent from Some propositions and
eoncluslonu. dlGar from "Prohibli!on"
In the ltsuo oil tho 18Th inst
Fiat, on tho proposition "Thas no no.
lllies! party can suc.oed ba,Nd on ono Idea.
whether polltiosl or moral" Upon what
ARC tho two don,!nan. politics! parties
Tho taridt -"
80. inatead Of ons political party being
based upon ons ides, hero arc Two parties
baod upon tho sam, Idea or Issue. so.
according to his logic, 40 have no mood Of
either, Tor nei!hor can succeed. Flo says,
Tho Third party 10 n political Ear, J based
upon q moral ldos," / like that torn
moral" It sounds well-looks we'll In
mint. What elorlous results would follow
II al Tho moral temperance people would
unite on some gtea! moral idea, Instead Of
dividing our lorces, qulbhllng on the tariff,
and other klndrad eubIec.s, from which
professional politicians have eliminated
tho moral element. 20 lar a, tho "moral
ldoi" 10 concerned, the analogy be ins,I.
tutes bstween anti.Aiascn.y and Know.
nothins'sm Fails at neery point. The
anti. Aasouc wcfe opposed to secret roci.
ssies. tho Kuowno!hlrgs to toreisusrs
holding Office. When he comes to the
aooliiion party, there are com PARSONS
that may DO Instituted.
Hc acknowledge tha. the Abolition
patty gave r.se to the Republican party !;
Is Waa tho iorerunnsr crying In the vii Ter.
ness Of slavery, Prepare 70 that Uay.n
Bat nots the conclusion oil "prohibItiou.
lat" "The slave holdpru themselves
brought about the abolition OF slavery by
lion." ''D'
Now. It ls my opinion that II wo wait
Snuu mo liquor mon OF this county
oiln9 aoaut prohibition We will wait Tor
some time. have Of late heard the
atasem ont repeated again and again ths,
Ihs Abolition party did not effec. tbs
abolition Of slavery But who will say
i "a, II did not contribute to the result
Who will say II did not manufacture pub.
nc sentiment asalns. III Who will say
tnas Is was not one Of tho primo factors
L 10 apparent to every man who Ia no,
blinded By political pre- udico that neither
OF Tue dominant parties will ever take
hold q tho prohibition question until
compelled BY force Of circumstances.
IL tho Third party Agl,a,s. Lst prohi.
billion Republicans and Democrats aaI,s,e
tho question, and ell unite on this grea,
mora question instead Of eliminating and
fsciiminatlng ous another. L,t us upite
On soma basis. II thu Third party ia tbs
plses. all right. lam not identified with
ne Third party, bu. It 10 deplo.Ablo tia,
while tho liouor men are uuit lbs Tan.
perancs people are arE. up In lit,Is lac.
lions lighting each othar. Autl.Th!rd
party men ueem more suxlou, 10 tsa,
down Tho Third patty than tho Nouo,
ssstic. | an IN favor OF prohibition ti,s.,
last and all this tins. apy way. Don,
care how 1t eomcc, 90 /; comes.
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